Composing urban history and the constitution of civic identities

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Contents:Living Apart Together: The City, Contested Identity, and Democratic Transitions Blair A. RublePART ONE THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE LOCALIntroduction John J. Czaplicka1. Looking Behind the Marble Mask: Varied African American Responses to Difficult History in Washington, D.C. John Michael Vlach2. Dual History: The Politics of the Past in Kaliningrad, Former Konigsberg Olga Sezneva3. Filling Dwelling Place with History: Communal Apartments in St. Petersburg Ilya UtekhinPART TWO THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF HISTORICAL IMAGESIntroduction Blair A. Ruble4. Identity Contests: Local History and Electoral Politics in St. Petersburg Grigorii V. Golosov5. Constructing A National City: The Case of L'viv Yaroslav Hrytsak and Victor Susak6. The Battle For Public Space on Prague's Old Town Square Cynthia Paces7. Washington, D.C., in White and Black: The Social Construction of Race and Nationhood Howard Gillette, Jr.PART THREE HISTORICAL ALTERITYIntroduction John J. Czaplicka8. Black Washington and the New Negro James A. Miller9. Vienna Since World War II Siegfried Mattl10. Local Responses in Berlin to Urban Decay and the Demise of the German Democratic Brian LaddPART FOUR TRANSFORMATIONSIntroduction Blair A. Ruble11. Barcelona: Cultural Strategies and Urban Renewal, 1979-1997 Pep Subiros12. Growth and Stagnation in 20th-Century Prague Jiri Musil13. The Rebirth and Restoration of Administrative, Political, and Cultural Symbols in Riga's Town Hall Square Ojars SparitisConclusion: Urban History After a Return to Locaal Self-Determination-Local History and Civic Idenity John J. Czaplicka